Quadro 5000M vs Radeon R7 M270

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000M and Radeon R7 M270, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 5000M stacks up against Radeon R7 M270, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5000M and Radeon R7 M270 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro 5000M and Radeon R7 M270 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro 5000M or Radeon R7 M270 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon R7 M270
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R7 M270 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro 5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R7 M270 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 5000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 M270 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M270 is 420 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M270 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 0−1
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 1−2
medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than Radeon R7 M270.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon R7 M270
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name Fermi Opal XT / Mars
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 27 July 2010 7 January 2014
Pipelines 320 384
Core clock speed 405 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 16.20 19.80
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 633.6 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large medium sized
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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